that went before. But there is obvious irony in the fact that while previously, as these books illustrate so clearly, determination was often lacking to deal with crises that most people agreed were serious, there was no shortage of it when the Bush administration moved to deal with a crisis on which there was no global consensus at all." Stephen Holmes reviewed the book, along with War in a Time of Peace: Bush, Clinton and the Generals by David Halberstam, for the 'London Review of Books. Holmes wrote: "Putting an end to atrocities is a moral victory. But if the intervening force is incapable of keeping domestic support back home for the next phase, for reconstructing what it has shattered, the morality of its intervention is ephemeral at best. If political stability could be achieved by toppling a rotten dictator or if nations could be built at gunpoint, this problem would not be so pressing. Human rights cannot be reliably protected unless a locally sustained political authority is in place." Charles V. Peña, then affiliated with the Cato Institute, reviewed the book for Reason, concluding: "That is exactly the point of Power’s compelling narrative: The horror and tragedy of genocide is a moral issue that transcends national interest. But to prevent another Rwanda, the United States must also have the wisdom to avoid another Somalia." Laura Secor reviewed the book for The New York Times. The book was also reviewed in Publishers Weekly. Awards Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights Book Award J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize National Book Critics Circle Award for General Nonfiction Raphael Lemkin Award (Institute for the Study of Genocide) References External links Booknotes interview with Power on A Problem From Hell, June 16, 2002. Problem from Hell Problem from Hell National Book Critics Circle Award-winning works International law literature History books about genocide Basic Books books